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Douglas Henshall reads Sam Hanna Bell’s iconic tale of love and high adventure in a Scottish settler community in 17th-century Ulster.
Neil Gilchrist, failed law student and penniless younger son leaves home to seek his fortune in London. A chance encounter with a peasant family, the MacIlveens, fleeing persecution at the hands of a greedy landlord changes his destiny. Neil defends the family from a murderous reiver, Lachie Dubh then joins them as they journey across the narrow sea to Ulster, to begin a new life in a new land.
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Sat 4 Jul 2020
12:03
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Foyle
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- Sat 4 Jul 2020 12:03ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Foyle